Cantiere Popolare
Cantiere Popolare | |
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| Leader | Francesco Saverio Romano |
| Founded | 4 January 2012 |
| Preceded by | The Populars of Italy Tomorrow |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Regionalism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| National affiliation | Political party: The People of Freedom (2013) Forza Italia (2013–15) Liberal Popular Alliance (2015–17) Us with Italy (2017–present) Coalition: Centre-right coalition (2017–present) |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 400
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| Senate | 0 / 200
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| European Parliament | 0 / 73 |
| Sicilian Regional Assembly | 1 / 897 |
| Website | |
| www.cantierepopolare.it | |
Cantiere Popolare (translatable into Popular construction site) is a centrist to centre-right political party in Italy, based in Sicily.
The party's leader is Francesco Saverio Romano, a former Sicilian leader of the Union of the Centre and, later, minister of Agriculture in Silvio Berlusconi's fourth government.
History
The CP was launched in January 2012 as a coalition of parties. The Populars of Italy Tomorrow (PID), a Sicilian-based Christian-democratic emerged in 2010 as a split from the Union of the Centre (UdC), was the coalition's main component. Other members included Popular Action (AP), the Christian Movement of Workers (MCL) and the Extended Christian Pact (PACE).[1] Francesco Saverio Romano, leader of the PID, went on to lead also the CP.
In the 2012 Sicilian regional election the CP won 5.9% of the vote and four regional deputies.[2]
In 2013 CP became an associate party of The People of Freedom (PdL)[3][4] and in the 2013 general election the party had a few elects from PdL's lists. The CP confirmed its alignment also when the PdL was transformed into Forza Italia (FI). However, in 2015 the CP joined forces with the Liberal Popular Alliance (ALA) in support of the Renzi Cabinet.
In the run-up of the 2017 Sicilian regional election the CP returned into the centre-right's fold and teamed up with the Party of Sicilians under the banner of "Populars and Autonomists".[5][6][7] The list won 7.1% of the vote, obtained six regional deputies and entered the regional government led by Nello Musumeci, the newly elected president.[8]
Consequently, the CP broke with the ALA[9][10] and, in December 2017, it was a founding member of Us with Italy (NcI), a pro-Silvio Berlusconi centrist electoral list within the centre-right coalition for the 2018 general election, along with the MpA, Direction Italy (DI), Civic Choice (SC), Act! and splinters of Popular Alternative (AP – two groups, a liberal one led by Enrico Costa and a Christian-democratic one led by Maurizio Lupi).[11][12][13] NcI was later enlarged to the UdC[14][15][16] and Identity and Action (IdeA),[17][18] with the goal of reaching 3%, required to win seats from proportional lists under a new electoral law.
Electoral results
Sicilian Regional Assembly
| Sicilian Regional Assembly | |||||
| Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Leader |
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| 2012 | 112,169 (8th) | 5.9 | 4 / 90
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| 2017 | 136,520 (4th)[a] | 7.1 | 6 / 70
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- ^ In a joint list with Movement for the Autonomies.
References
- ^ "Cantiere Popolare - CHI SIAMO". Archived from the original on 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ^ "Sicilia - Elezioni Regionali 28 ottobre 2012".
- ^ "Il Pid-Cantiere Popolare si fonde con Forza Italia. Il senatore Ruvolo tra i firmatari del documento". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
- ^ Forza Italia, i dirigenti del Pid aderiscono al partito di Berlusconi
- ^ "Elezioni regionali,il cartello degli autonomisti Mpa-Cantiere popolare: "Arriviamo alla doppia cifra"". 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Da Lagalla a Lombardo passando per Saverio Romano, ecco il simbolo di 'Popolari e autonomisti'". 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Regionali: Asse tra Lombardo, Romano e Lagalla. I nomi dei catanesi e l'incognita del "nipote di"".
- ^ "Regione, ecco la nuova giunta - Nomi e Foto".
- ^ "Cinque deputati e due senatori, tra i quali l'ex ministro Saverio Romano, hanno lasciato il gruppo parlamentare di ALA". 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Romano dice addio a Verdini "Spero in Berlusconi premier" - Live Sicilia". livesicilia.it. Archived from the original on 2017-12-03.
- ^ "Nasce "Noi con l'Italia", la lista dei centristi pro-Berlusconi". 19 December 2017.
- ^ ""Noi con l'Italia", ecco la quarta gamba del centrodestra: Ex FI, leghisti espulsi e alfaniani pentiti". 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Nasce Noi con l'Italia, la 'quarta gamba' del centrodestra". 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Udc-Noi con l'Italia, è accordo. Sulla lista torna lo scudo crociato".
- ^ "Nasce la stampella centrista di Forza Italia". 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Berlusconi si appella ai delusi dalla politica: "Sarà sfida coi 5 Stelle"". 30 December 2017.
- ^ "La tela Fitto-Cesa si allarga su 'Idea' di Gaetano Quagliariello".
- ^ "Saremo noi a garantire l'autosufficienza al centrodestra. Parla Gaetano Quagliariello". 5 January 2018.